Ginseng has always been synonymous with high-end supplements. It has been known as the "King of Herbs" for a long time. Because of its scarcity and many medicinal ingredients, it is a high-quality product in dietary supplements. Of course, the price shouldn’t be underestimated either.

However, when you buy ginseng, you will find that the price ranges from low to high. Among them, wild ginseng is the most expensive, but some ginseng can be sold by the pound. Why is this? Both are ginseng, what’s the difference between them? Types of Ginseng

Ginseng is a perennial root plant. In addition to wild ginseng and garden ginseng, there are also mountain ginseng and forest ginseng. Among them, the wild one is called wild ginseng, which refers to the natural spread of original ecological ginseng growing in dense forests in deep mountains. The growth method is that the seeds are naturally ground or swallowed by birds and beasts and excreted from the body.

That is to say, they sprouted and grew naturally in the mountains and forests for hundreds of years; and for cultivated garden ginseng, the process from seed cultivation to planting to harvesting is all done by Artificial intervention, large-scale planting methods, batch management, timely fertilization and pesticide spraying ensure the whole process of ginseng;

A forest that artificially sows wild ginseng seeds under the forest is called a forest. For ginseng, ginseng seeds are planted in the forest and they grow naturally. People will not interfere and harvest them after many years. The varieties of ginseng under the forest are relatively good and have high medicinal effects;

Finally, there is transplanted ginseng, which refers to growing ginseng in the garden first, then transplanting it to the forest to grow for a period of time and then digging it up for sale. This kind of ginseng does not have much medicinal effect, but it is based on the forest. It is sold under the name of ginseng. Among them, wild ginseng is the most expensive.

The price of real wild ginseng is around one million yuan. For example, at the 2012 China Eastern Expo, a ginseng tree was priced at more than 10 million yuan, and the weight of this dried ginseng was only a mere It is only 80g. On average, the price of each gram of ginseng is more than 100,000 yuan;

Also in 2019, in a drugstore in Hangzhou, the price of a dried ginseng was more than 1.66 million yuan, and its weight It only weighs 73g and is about 80 years old. The differences between wild ginseng and garden ginseng (planted ginseng):

First, the definitions are different

According to my country's national standard for "Wild Ginseng Identification and Quality Grading" (GB/T 18765—— 2008), wild ginseng refers to ginseng that grows naturally in deep mountains and dense forests, and is usually more than 15 years old;

Garden ginseng refers to ginseng cultivated in ginseng gardens, and is usually only 4-6 years old. , from this point we can find that the growth time of wild ginseng is relatively long, ranging from decades to hundreds of years. Second, the quantity of wild ginseng is scarce

Wild ginseng is mainly produced in the Greater and Lesser Hinggan Mountains in the Changbai Mountains of the three northeastern provinces of my country. It is distributed near the 39th to 48th parallels of north latitude and 117.5 to 134th of east longitude. The survival rate It is very low, less than one thousandth, and the price is naturally very expensive, which is unaffordable for ordinary people. This is why in ancient times, ginseng was mostly enjoyed by the royal family and other high-ranking officials.

At present, due to the destruction of the natural environment and the large-scale harvesting of wild ginseng, the number of wild ginseng is getting smaller and smaller. Therefore, on September 30, 1996, the State Council officially issued the "People's Government of the People's Republic of China". *The "List of National Key Protected Wild Plants" as a supporting document of the "Regulations on the Protection of Wild Plants of the People's Republic of China" lists wild ginseng as a first-level protected plant. Third, the appearance is different.

Wild ginseng: The reed head is long, and the reed bowl is relatively dense; the ginseng body and the rhizome are equal in length, human-shaped, transverse, and relatively short; the horizontal stripes on the main root are fine and clear, and the color is relatively dark; the skin is thin and Tough; there are many pearl bumps and they are clearly visible.

Garden ginseng (planted ginseng): the reed head is short and the reed bowl is rare; the ginseng body is cylindrical, separated by eight characters, straight and relatively long; the horizontal stripes on the main root are sparse and not continuous; the skin is thick And crispy; pearly bumps are less obvious.

In fact, almost all the nourishing ginseng that everyone eats now is artificially grown ginseng, because in terms of price, artificially grown ginseng is in line with the public level, and its mild medicinal properties are also more suitable for our daily nourishment.